BUFR Table D List of Common Sequences

(15 May 2019)

BUFR Table D – List of common sequences

FXCategory of sequencesIdentifier

NONE

Category 04 – Meteorological sequences common to satellite observations

TABLE

REFERENCETABLEELEMENT NAMEELEMENTIdentifier

F X YREFERENCEDESCRIPTION

(BUFR sequence for describing satellites contributing to an observed2017-2.4.5(CM-I)
geophysical quantity)

3 04 0381 08 000Delayed replication of 8 descriptors

0 31 001Delayed descriptor replication factor

0 08 021Time significance= 28 Start of scan

3 01 011Year, month, day

3 01 013Hour, minute, second

0 08 021Time significance= 29 End of scan

3 01 011Year, month, day

3 01 013Hour, minute, second

0 01 007Satellite identifier

0 02 019Satellite instruments

0 08 021Time significanceSet to missing (cancel)

Category 06 – Meteorological or oceanographic sequences
common to oceanographic observations

TABLE

REFERENCETABLEELEMENT NAMEELEMENTIdentifier

F X YREFERENCEDESCRIPTION

(Chlorophyll-A (fluorescence) profile data)2016-3.2.7(DRMM-IV)

3 06 0441 09 000Delayed replication of 9 descriptors

0 31 002Extended delayed descriptor replication factorGives number of depths

0 07 062Depth below sea/water surfaceSet to missing

0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to missing

0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flagSet to missing

0 07 065Water pressure

0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 10 (pressure at a level)

0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag

0 41 002FluorescenceChlorophyll-A | In kg l-1
(= 109 mg m-3)

0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 21 (Chlorophyll-A at a level)

0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag

(Dissolved nitrate profile data)2016-3.2.7(DRMM-IV)

3 06 0451 09 000Delayed replication of 9 descriptors

0 31 002Extended delayed descriptor replication factorNumber of depths

0 07 062Depth below sea/water surfaceSet to missing

0 08 080Qualifier for quality class Set to missing

0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flagSet to missing

0 07 065Water pressure

0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 10 (pressure at a level)

0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag

0 41 003Dissolved nitrateIn μmol kg-1

0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 22 (nitrate at a level)

0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag

(pH profile data) 2016-3.2.7(DRMM-IV)

3 06 0461 09 000Delayed replication of 9 descriptors

0 31 002Extended delayed descriptor replication factorNumber of depths

0 07 062Depth below sea/water surfaceSet to missing

0 08 080Qualifier for quality class Set to missing

0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flagSet to missing

0 07 065Water pressure

0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 10 (pressure at a level)

0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag

0 13 161pH scale

0 13 080pHDimensionless

0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 23 (pH at a level)

0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag

(Backscatter profile data) 2016-3.2.7(DRMM-IV)

3 06 0470 02 071Spectrographic wavelengthIn m

1 09 000Delayed replication of 9 descriptors

0 31 002Extended delayed descriptor replication factorNumber of depths

0 07 062Depth below sea/water surfaceSet to missing

0 08 080Qualifier for quality class Set to missing

0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flagSet to missing

0 07 065Water pressure

0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 10 (pressure at a level)

0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag

0 41 006Backscatteringm-1

0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 24 (backscatter at a level)

0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag

Category 15 – Oceanographic report sequences

TABLE

REFERENCETABLEELEMENT NAMEELEMENTIdentifier

F X YREFERENCEDESCRIPTION

(First five Fourier components of the wave spectrum) 2018-2.4.7(CM-II)

3 15 0101 08 000Delayed replication of 8 descriptors

0 31 001Delayed descriptor replication factor

0 22 080Waveband central frequency (Hz)

0 22 096Spectral band width (Hz)

0 22 069Spectral wave density (m2 Hz-1)

0 42 011a1 coefficient of the directional Fourier seriesFirst moment of the

directional wave spectrum

0 42 012b1 coefficient of the directional Fourier seriesFirst moment of the

directional wave spectrum

0 42 013a2 coefficient of the directional Fourier seriesSecond moment of the

directional wave spectrum

0 42 014b2 coefficient of the directional Fourier seriesSecond moment of the

directional wave spectrum

0 42 015Check factor K (inverse of wave ellipticity)